As the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips off, the madness of March has finally begun. There are an estimated 60 to 100 million brackets filled out each year, and yet there has never been a perfect bracket. The odds of filling out a perfect bracket are roughly one in 9.2 quintillion. To put it into […]
By Lexy Borgogno and Rylee Hjorth This story is jointly published as part of the Utah College Media Collaborative, a cross-campus project bringing together emerging journalists from Southern Utah University, the University of Utah, Utah State University and Utah Tech University. The collaborative is an Amplify Utah project with support from PBS Utah and POV. […]
Valentine’s Day sparks different reactions each year, especially when it comes to its impact on relationships. Some view the holiday as a meaningful opportunity to celebrate love in all its forms, while others see it as a source of pressure shaped by expectations and commercialization. This head-to-head explores both perspectives, inviting readers to consider how […]
British Vogue’s recent article, Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? by Chanté Joseph, noted a trend happening on social media: relationships are something to be perfected or avoided at all costs, and the strains that come from them are completely undesirable. For this opinion article, each writer is tasked with arguing the question, “Is being […]
“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” –Thomas Jefferson, 1787 […]
Utah Tech University students were told to expect change, but no one said it would feel like this. This moment has become bigger than tuition spikes or canceled electives. It’s about who we are, what we value and what future we’re building at Utah Tech. It’s about deciding whether our education system is meant to […]
By Alyssa Bayles and Madi Bishop
By Alyssa Bayles and Ives Hong This story is jointly published as part of the Utah College Media Collaborative, a cross-campus project bringing together emerging journalists from Salt Lake Community College, Southern Utah University, the University of Utah, Utah Tech University and Weber State University. The collaborative is an Amplify Utah project with support from […]
The “zuweenie” is just the tip of the iceberg—what seems like a harmless joke barely scratches the surface of a lawsuit against the Utah Tech University administration about racial comments, misconduct and toxic work environments. If this was just about the “zuweenie” incident, it wouldn’t have been a whole ordeal. However, the names signed on […]
We strive to be powerfully persistent. To be a student journalist requires having grit in pursuing truth, investigating prominent stories and fighting against censorship, which is why Student Press Freedom Day’s theme is “Powerfully Persistent.” Student Press Freedom Day’s sixth annual celebration occurs Feb. 22 and allows student journalists to celebrate their contributions to the […]